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Patented Feb. 16, 1897.

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CLARK S. COMSTOOK, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,008, dated February 16, 1897.

Application filed October 2. 1896. Serial No. 607,666. (No model.)

of this kind or character which I have devised for use in connection with suspenders or shoulder-straps attached to overalls, the object of the invention being to so construct the buckle that the necessity of sewing or stitching it in place will be avoided.

\Vith this and other ends in View my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as will be hereinafter fully clescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my improved buckle detached from the strap or suspender. Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views of modifications. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the buckle attached to the strap or suspender.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the buckle is constructed of two pieces of wire, A representing the lower or frame portion, and B the upperportion. The frame A is preferably formed by bending the wire into two vertical sides a a, then inwardly and backwardly upon itself, forming rests or brackets c c for the tongues cl d, and also forming the lower loop 0, through which latter the suspender passes, as will be hereinaf- -ter described.

The extreme ends of the wire forming the frame A are curved or bent into loops,through which passes the wire forming the upper part or portion 13, the latter being bent downwardly toform the tongues cl cl, which strike against the inwardly projecting arms or brackets c c. The wire B is also bent into two horizontal arms f f, which, with the upper cross-bar g, form in effect an .upper loop D, similar to the lower loop 0.

Inattaching the buckle to the suspender one end of the latter is passed into and through the frame A, above the arms or rests c c, from the rear side and the tongues cl cl inserted and passed through the cloth. The opposite end of the suspender E is then passed through the lower loop 0 from the rear side of the buckle, and then through the upper loop D from the front side of the latter, said latter end of the strap or suspender being subsequently stitched, sewed, buttoned, or otherwise socured to the waistband in the rear of the overalls. As is now commonly done the strap or suspender is passed through a wire loop F, the latter being bent or shaped into its usual form for receiving and containing a button or stud on the front portion of the waistband of the overalls.

In the event that the rear end of the sus ponder is permanently secured to the waistband of the overall prior to the attachment of the buckle the above method of securing the buckle will be reversed, that is, the front or lower end of the suspender will be first passed through the upper loop D from the rear side of the buckle and then down through the lower loop 0 from the front side. The suspender is then passed through the loop F, and finally through the frame above the arms or rests c c, whereupon the tongues 01 cl are inserted therein for securing the buckle to the end of the suspender, as plainly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

From the above description it will be understood that by constructing and arranging the several parts as described the necessity of sewing or stitching the buckle to the suspender is avoided.

When desired to adjust the buckle on the suspender after it has once been secured thereto, it is only necessary to grasp the buckle in one hand and the suspender or the front portion of the loop therein in the other, when the former may be moved up or down, as desired, thereby lengthening or shortening the sus pender, as desired.

As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the wire 13, before being bent downwardly into the tongue, as shown in Fig. 1, may be crossed, as shown at 1 In other words, the arms 61 d may be lengthened to such an extent that the tongue formed on the ends thereof will lie on opposite sides of the buckle to that shown in Fig. 1. Again, if desired, the extreme ends of the wire B may be continued and bent into teeth is, as shown in Fig. 3, which teeth extend over and around the upper cross-bar g and in practice project into the cloth of the 2. A buckle, consisting of the Wire frame A, bent into a lower loop 0, inwardly-proj ecting arms 0 and teeth 70, and an upper portion 13 bentinto an upper loopD and tongues d, adapted to rest against said arms 0, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New 20 York and State of New York, this 1st day of October, A. D. 1896.

CLARK S. OOMSTOOK. lVitnesses GEORGE COOK, JOHN F. FLAGG. 

